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Esquire
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May 30, 09 5:40 PM CDT
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If you’re going to consume conspicuously, you may as well imbibe in style. Esquire distills eight drinking trends coming to a bar near you: The Enomatic, a high-end wine vending machine. This auto-sommelier pours a perfect glass every time, leading some bars to cut out the middleman (in this case, the bartender) and let you help yourself.
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Chicago Tribune
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May 29, 09 3:34 PM CDT
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Yes, President Obama would like fries with that. The commander-in-chief made another cheeseburger run today, shelling out almost $80 on lunch for an entourage that included NBC’s Brian Williams, the Chicago Tribune reports. The president took aides and the Nightly News anchor, who’s trailing him for a “day-in-the-life” documentary, for take-out to a burger joint in southeast Washington.
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SmartMoney
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May 27, 09 1:21 PM CDT
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A hot website goes public, and investors go wild. Shares soar 59% on the first day of trading. “Is this really May 2009?” asks James B. Stewart of SmartMoney. The stock is OpenTable.com, which went public at $20 and is trading just south of $27. "The company seems to have chosen the worst possible time to raise capital," but don't get too excited, Stewart cautions: This probably isn't a turning point for IPOs.
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Wall Street Journal
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May 27, 09 11:30 AM CDT
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One man’s weeds are another man’s delicacy. The bane of American gardeners has a new home on gourmet dinner plates, the Wall Street Journal reports. “These are as good a yuppie green as you can get,” said one buyer who paid $9 a pound for dandelion greens, a very common weed. As avant-garde chefs lead the way, wild greens have become “trendy items,” said one farm owner.
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USA Today
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May 27, 09 10:00 AM CDT
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Desperate times are driving chain restaurants to desperate measures—straying from their bread-and-butter dishes and diversifying the menu. KFC now sells grilled chicken, Domino’s offers subs, and McDonald’s dips into the world of espresso coffee, USA Today reports. “This is a defining moment for the industry," says a National Restaurant Association analyst. "The financial crisis has brought with it a redefining of boundaries."
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News-Press (Florida)
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May 26, 09 3:46 PM CDT
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The first pizza shop in Domino’s founder Thomas Monaghan’s Catholic university town of Ave Maria, Fla., will not be a Domino’s, the Fort Myers News-Press reports. Domino’s says the town is covered by another franchise’s delivery radius, and Ave Maria will get a Milano’s instead. And that sit-down restaurant serves alcohol. “Domino’s doesn't allow that,” said Monaghan, who sold Domino’s in 1998.
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Newsweek
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May 24, 09 4:16 PM CDT
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A word that isn’t yet in the dictionary has been cropping up on menus across America: “housemade” is the new trend. Don’t confuse it with “homemade,” which has lost its buzz and now suggests an unprofessional cook or a hokey menu-writer. “Housemade has more cachet,” one restaurateur tells Newsweek .
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Esquire
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May 24, 09 4:40 AM CDT
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With the outdoor cooking season kicking off this week, barbecue guru Steven Raichlen offers some grill tips in Esquire you shouldn’t have gone so long without: Get the grill screaming hot: Put your hand 3 inches off the grate, and if “ouch” comes in 2-3 seconds, you’re good. Keep it clean: Scrub the grate down before and after cooking, ideally with a stiff wire brush.
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New York Times
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May 20, 09 2:52 PM CDT
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From celebrity chefs to Applebees to Wal-Mart, America is in love with the Asian chili-and-garlic condiment sriracha—only it’s not that Asian, the New York Times reports. “I wanted something that I could sell to more than just the Vietnamese,” said David Tran, creator of the top-selling US version. “I know it’s not a Thai sriracha,” Tran said. “It’s my sriracha.”
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New York Times
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May 20, 09 10:05 AM CDT
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If you’re still sipping ginger ale from a can, you must be sadly misinformed about the latest drink trend. The cool thing now is ginger ale from scratch, informs the New York Times , and bars and restaurants are catching on. Why put in the extra effort of steeping ginger with lemon and sugar, then adding seltzer? It’s more delicious, for one.
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Portland Press Herald
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May 16, 09 2:46 AM CDT
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Maine lobster prices are uncharacteristically low, leaving the industry unsettled on the eve of the all-important summer tourist season, the Portland Press Herald reports. Wholesale prices are as low as $3.25, and retail prices start at $5.50. But some aren’t worried by the mercurial interplay of supply, demand, weather, and gas prices. "I think that we're going to have a good season," said one lobster dealer.
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BBC
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May 13, 09 10:40 AM CDT
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In good news for Belgian cows, the city of Ghent this week begins a weekly “veggie day,” on which officials will go vegetarian, the BBC reports. The move is an effort to cut greenhouse gases, almost a fifth of which come from livestock, the UN says; the city also foresees health benefits for locals. Schoolkids will have a veggie day of their own in the fall.
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Wall Street Journal
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May 7, 09 5:43 AM CDT
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Cheap brews are giving breweries just the boost they need during tough times, reports the Wall Street Journal . Economy suds such as Busch, Miller High Life, and Pabst Blue Ribbon are rising faster than the nation's overall beer sales and helping companies weather the economic storm. A short time ago, drinkers were splurging on pricey "craft" beers, but now they're saving their pennies.
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